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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11457
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14499
13 Actual Demand 11179
14 Aggregate Planning 12106
15 Air Cargo 10036
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6620
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34816
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15312
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19161
20 Assembly Line 22277
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22929
22 Average Speed of Answer 26533
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23056
24 Batch Production 38272
25 Bill Discounting 14477
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11164
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7115
28 Blanket Release 9976
29 Bonded Warehouse 10036
30 Booking Number 13732
31 Bottleneck 9468
32 Buffer Stock 59136
33 Build to Stock 12896
34 Bullwhip Effect 9543
35 Business Logistics 25576
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12537
37 Capacity Management 40377
38 Capacity Utilization 14059
39 Capital Intensive 8369
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8688
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12086
42 Certified Supplier 8945
43 Channel Effectiveness 8899
44 Co-Destiny 9262
45 Co-managed Inventory 12434
46 Co-Packers 11735
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6828
48 Computer-Based Training 7664
49 Consular Invoice 19703
50 Container Depot 10578
51 Container Freight Station 10255
52 Continuous Replenishment 19432
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12039
54 Contract Carrier 7304
55 Contract of Affreightment 11382
56 Control Charts 7932
57 Cost Flow 10233
58 Courier Service 15184
59 CPFR 8185
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11759
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44058
62 Date Code 18167
63 Days of Supply 19786
64 Dead on Arrival 9204
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7276
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8074
67 Detective Control 8879
68 Devanning 14180
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10830
70 Dispatching 24415
71 Distributed Inventory 8323
72 Distribution Channel Management 34646
73 Distribution Metrics 9068
74 Distribution Planning 24156
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15169
76 Double Marginalization 52595
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22251
78 Dual 5419
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20566
80 Echelon Inventory 26152
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38218
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49598
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7582
84 Efficient Frontier 25408
85 Engineer-to-Order 31684
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16374
87 Erlang B Formula 9316
88 ETD 8302
89 Ex Works 7811
90 Exception Rate 13439
91 Exponential smoothing 9802
92 External Growth 10034
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9397
94 Field Services 7721
95 Field Warehouse 10334
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8722
97 Fishbone Diagram 14568
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26957
99 Flow Through Distribution 12278
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8136
101 FOB Destination 12985
102 Forward buying 30029
103 Freight Charge 10293
104 Freight Consolidation 7498
105 Gantt Chart 8266
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11692
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29526
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12647
109 Hub 23374
110 Idle Time 8038
 
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